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The following is a list of the masters:
Samuel S. Robinson, 1869-'70.
Andrew Mcclintock, 1884.
George E. Somers, 187I.
William E. Risley, 1887-'89.
John S. Castle, 1872-'73.
William E. Crane, 1890.
Charles S. Curtiss, 1874.
Elliott E. Candee, 1891.
William E. Crane, 1875-'76.
Eldridge E. Candee, 1892.
John N. Ensign, 1877-'80. J. Richard Smith, 1881-'83.
George E. Tompkins, 1893. William M. Cottle, 1894-'95.
The membership (1895) is 157. The number of members from the beginning to the present time is 202 .*
* For a detailed history of Continental lodge, by Nathan Dikeman (one of its members), see the pam- phlet of " By-I aws," etc., published in 1889, pp. 6-17.
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THE LODGES CO-OPERATING.
Among the enterprises carried through by Harmony and Con- tinental lodges conjointly are the establishment of the Masonic Board of Relief, the purchase of a burial lot and erection of a monument in Riverside cemetery, and the building of the Masonic Temple. The Masonic burial lot occupies a commanding site and has an area sufficient for 150 interments. It was dedicated October 12, 1882, and set apart as a burial place for such members of the fraternity (and their families) as are unable during life, through misfortune or otherwise, to make proper provision for themselves; also for such as may die while sojourning in Water- bury, away from their home. The mas- sive monument erected upon this lot cost $2000. The Masonic Board of Relief is an organization, or committee, consist- ing of two members from each of the Waterbury lodges, and the charities dis- bursed are from a fund to which both N MEMORIAM lodges contribute equally. This fund 1882 is for the relief of poor or distressed Masons, who can not claim membership in the local lodges, or the widows and orphans of such Masons. All applica- tions for relief are referred to and acted MONUMENT IN THE MASONIC BURIAL LOT, RIVERSIDE CEMETERY. upon by this committee. The care of the Masonic burial lot is under the direction of this committee .*
EUREKA CHAPTER.
The first Royal Arch Mason in Waterbury, of whom there is any record, was Francis Fogue, who was " exalted " in King Solomon chapter, No. 5, at Derby, August 23, 1798. With this exception, the first trace of Royal Arch Masonry in Waterbury is found in the minutes of that chapter, as follows:
Derby, February 25, 1799. Companion Beach proposed Sylvester Higby, Levi Beardsley, Samuel Porter and Samuel Judd (all of Waterbury, Master Masons) [as] candidates for the higher degrees of Masonry. Ballotted for, accepted, and advanced in due form to the exalted degree of Royal Arch Masons. Chapter
* A pamphlet of 24 pages contains a full account of the ceremonies of dedication at the cemetery, the ddresses at the City hall by Nathan Dikeman and the Rev. R. H. Bowles, a poem by H. C. Hayden and a ist of articles deposited under the monument. Mr. Dikeman's historical address gives an interesting ccount (page 11) of the origin of the monument fund through a bequest, by Samuel Forrest, of nuggets of old which he had brought from California and securely kept for many years. It gives also (page 12) an ccount of the origin of the board of relief. See also the Waterbury American of October 13, 1882.
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adjourned to the lodge room in Waterbury, at the urgent and particular request of several companions and worthy candidates, residing in the vicinity of said Water- bury.
Waterbury, March 27, 1799. Meeting of Solomon chapter, held by adjourn- ment. Present: F. French, J. Beers, F. Fogue, A. Wilcoxson, E. Gracy, Samuel Judd, Sylvester Higby, Levi Beardsley, Leonard Porter, David Beard (and Solo- mon Peck, visitor). Brother William Leavenworth, advanced from the degree of Master Mason to Royal Arch.
Brother Stephen Porter proposed David C. DeForest in Mark Masters' lodge; accepted, and advanced to the degree of Most Excellent Master.
Same date, chapter opened. Above companions present, with Companion Wil- liam Leavenworth, who proposed James Smith to be advanced to the higher degrees; and Brother Stephen Porter proposed David C. DeForest for the Royal Arch. They were ballotted for, accepted and in due form raised to the degree of Royal Arch Masons.
In addition to the above named residents of Waterbury, exalted in Solomon chapter, was Reuben Porter, who was exalted March 24, 1806.
It thus appears that there were Royal Arch Masons in Water- bury as early as the beginning of the century. But from 1797 to 1847 Harmony lodge was the only Masonic organization within the limits of the town. In 1826 a charter was granted by the Grand chapter of Connecticut for a chapter of Royal Arch Masons to be located in Waterbury, under the title of Mount Moriah chapter, No. 23, and the same year a chapter was established in Oxford under the title of Eureka chapter, No. 22. For some unexplained reason, the charter for Mount Moriah chapter was never called for, and after remaining in the hands of the grand recorder for several years was revoked. The Oxford chapter, however, continued in operation until 1844, when it was “ voted to adjourn until convened by special order of the high priest." No record appears of any convocation in Oxford after that date, and the chapter probably remained dormant. Waterbury at this period was fast becoming an important manufacturing centre, while Oxford had become of less consequence through the removal of its principal business interests to other places. Accordingly, in 1847, with the unani- mous consent of the companions residing in Oxford, the Grand chapter upon petition permitted the removal of Eureka chapter to Waterbury, and a special convocation was ordered to be held ini Gothic hall, November 2, for the purpose of reorganization. George Giddings of West Hartford was made high priest, and continued to preside until the resident companions were properly instructed in the work of conferring degrees. Of those mentioned as present at the first convocation in Waterbury not one is now known to be living.
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The first high priest of Eureka chapter was Samuel Wire, who died in New Haven in 1874 at the age of eighty - five. James E. Coer held the office of high priest for eight years, and under his skilful and zealous administration and that of his predecessors Eureka chapter has taken rank among the first in this jurisdiction. The number of companions "exalted " and affiliated from 1826 to 1895 is 462, and it has a membership now (1895) of 216.
The following is a list of the high priests from the date of organ- ization to the present time:
Samuel Wire, 1826, '27, '31.
Edwin A. Judd, 1866.
Chauncey M. Hatch, 1828, '38.
Frederick H. Laforge, 1867, '68.
Daniel M. Clark, 1829, '30, 1839-'47.
William B. Cargill, 1869-'71, 1881-'83.
Henry C. Atwood, 1832, '33.
James E. Coer, 1872, '73, 1884-'89.
John M. Hunt, 1834-'37.
Henry U. Church, 1874.
George Giddings, 1848-'50.
Charles I. Curtiss, 1875.
James M. Grannis, 1851, '52.
John S. Castle, 1876. John N. Ensign, 1877-'78.
David B. Hurd, 1853, '54.
Nathan Dikeman, 1855, '56.
Burton G. Bryan, 1879.
Richard Hunting, 1857, '58.
George E. Thomas, 1880.
John W. Paul, 1859, '60.
James Callan, 1890-'93.
Benjamin P. Chatfield, 1861, '62.
Alfred J. Shipley, 1894.
Norman D. Granniss, 1863.
Nelson J. Welton, 1864, '65.
Eldridge E. Candee, 1895.
Of the above named, Nathan Dikeman and John S. Castle have held the office of Grand High Priest of the Grand chapter of Con- necticut .*
WATERBURY COUNCIL.
Waterbury council, No. 21, was instituted March 21, 1853. The charter was granted to the following persons and their suc- cessors :
Jonathan M. Andrus, Henry Chatfield, David B. Hurd, Nathan Dikeman, Jr., Letson T. Wooster, Frederick A. Warner, James Brown, Enoch L. Savage, Mar- shall Hoadley, Philander Hine, Thomas Hollister, Edward B. Cooke and Richard Hunting.
The council has continued to prosper from the day of its institu- :ion. The number of companions received and " greeted " from its organization is 320, and it present membership (1895) is 245.
* For further details see " History of Eureka Chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, Waterbury, Conn., y M. E. Nathan Dikeman, P. G. H. P., delivered at the Annual Convocation held December 8, A. I. 2416, A. D. 1886. Waterbury, Conn .: 1887" (pp. 58). A second edition, with important addenda, was published n 1889 (pp. 84). Mr. Dikeman's history contains an interesting account of the Masonic career of Henry C. Atwood, who was high priest of Eureka chapter in 1832 and 1833, and who originated a schismatic Grand odge in New York, which lasted for twelve years.
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The Grand Masters of the council have been as follows:
Jonathan M. Andrews, 1853.
Samuel S. Robinson, 1870.
Richard Hunting, 1854, '55.
Charles I. Curtiss, 1871, '72.
Darwin Ellis, 1856.
John S. Castle, 1873, '83.
James C. Cook, 1857.
James E. Coer, 1874.
Robert H. Isabel, 1858.
Burton G. Bryan, 1875-'77. John N. Ensign, 1878-'80.
Henry Chatfield, 1859-'61.
Benjamin P. Chatfield, 1862, '63.
William B. Cargill, 1881.
Andrew Mcclintock, 1864.
George E. Hendey, 1882.
Leroy S. White, 1865,
Frank H. Trowbridge, 1884-'93.
Edwin A. Judd, 1866.
James Callan, 1894.
William W. Bonnett, 1867.
Rollin R. Bird, 1895 .*
George E. Somers, 1868, '69.
CLARK COMMANDERY.
Until 1865, members of the Order of the Temple residing in Waterbury were under the jurisdiction of New Haven commandery, No. 2. In the early part of that year, twenty-six knights, nearly all of whom were members of New Haven commandery, petitioned the Grand Commander for a dispensation to establish a commandery of Knights Templar and appendant orders in Waterbury, under the title of Clark commandery, No. 7. The title was selected in honor of David Clark of Hartford, whose name was long a household word, and is now a tender memory, among the Masons of Con- necticut. Under this dispensation the commandery was organized, and Nathan Dikeman was the first commander. It held its first conclave on Christmas day, 1865, the centennial of the institution of the first Masonic lodge in Waterbury. At the next annual con- clave of the Grand commandery this dispensation was returned and a charter was issued to the following persons:
Nathan Dikeman, Philo G. Rockwell, Joseph A. Bunnell, John W. Paul, William W. Bonnett, George E. Somers, Franklin L. Curtiss, Henry H. Peck, Nelson J. Welton, J. Hobart Bronson, James Brown, Norman D. Granniss, Leroy S. White, Benjamin F. Neal, Benjamin P. Chatfield, Sidney L. Clark, Thomas Kirk, Henry Chatfield, John W. Webster and James M. Granniss.
Ever since its organization, the commandery has grown in numbers and in influence. Its jurisdiction covers the towns on both sides of the Naugatuck railroad, from Winsted to Seymour. and also Litchfield and Woodbury, embracing ten Master Mason lodges and six Royal Arch chapters. It has a membership (Novem- ber, 1895) of 195, in which are included many leading citizens of
* See " By-Laws of Waterbury Council, No. 21, Royal and Select Masters. . . Waterbury : 182' (pp. 36). The pamphlet (a second issue) contains the charter and a list of members, with dates of their admission.
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the Naugatuck valley. Among the notable events in its history was the presentation in 1865, by David Clark, of a fine painting, representing the ascension of Christ; also the presentation in 1885, by the same donor, of $1000 to establish a fund to be known as the Clark Good Will fund. This amount was placed in the hands of three trustees, who should devote the income to such charitable or other purposes as would in their judgment express the good will of the donor toward the members of the commandery.
The annual observance of Ascension day is one of the customs of this commandery. Services are held on that day at one of the city churches, and an appropriate sermon is listened to, after which the graves of deceased knights are decorated with flowers procured from the proceeds of the Good Will fund. It has also been a custom, since the organization of the commandery, to pre- sent all past commanders with a solid gold jewel. In completeness of equipment for the proper rendering of the ritual, Clark com- mandery is second to none in the jurisdiction, and in the character of its members it holds a high rank. Four of its members-John W. Paul, Nelson J. Welton, Frederick A. Spencer and the late Nathan Dikeman-have held the office of Grand Commander of Templars in Connecticut.
The commanders of Clark commandery have been as follows:
Nathan Dikeman, 1865-'68, '79, '80.
Thomas Kirk, 1878.
William W. Bonnett, 1869.
John N. Ensign, 1881.
Frederick A. Spencer, 1870, '91-'93, '95.
Burton G. Bryan, 1882, '86, '87.
Benjamin P. Chatfield, 1871.
George E. Hendey, 1883.
George E. Somers, 1872.
David L. Durand, 1884.
Nelson J. Welton, 1873.
Edward T. Turner, 1885.
Rufus E. Holmes (Winsted), 1874. John S. Castle, 1875.
Ezra L. Chapman, 1888, '89.
Benjamin F. Neal, 1876.
Alfred J. Shipley, 1894 *
The growth of Freemasonry in Waterbury has kept pace with the increase of the population. Although there are now nearly a hundred fraternities in the town, social, benevolent and literary, his ancient order still holds a leading position, and its prosperity ind permanence have never been more fully assured than at the present time.
THE MASONIC CLUB.
In 1894 a number of members of the several Masonic bodies of Waterbury became interested in the organization of a Masonic club
* The charter, by-laws and a list of members, with a brief historical sketch, were published in pamphlet rm in 1890 (pp. 26).
William E. Risley, 1890.
Edward M. Chapin (New Hartford), 1877.
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and the opening of a club room. At a preliminary meeting E. L. Chapman was chairman and B. G. Bryan secretary, and a committee consisting of O. S. Northrop and four others, was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws. This committee reported on January 24, 1895; a constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the follow- ing officers were elected:
President, Alfred J. Shipley; first vice-president, George F. Hughes; second vice-president, George C. Curtiss; treasurer, James W. Cone; directors, Ezra L. Chapman, James Callan, H. T. Stedman, William E. Norris, Howard G. Pinney, Jacob Kaiser.
Through the exertions of H. W. Atwood, about seventy names were enrolled before the organization of the club, and spacious rooms on the second floor of the Masonic temple were fitted up for its use, and opened April 1, 1895. Its membership in November, 1895, was about a hundred.
KELLOGG LODGE, NO. 5.
Kellogg lodge, No. 5, consisting of men of color, was organized October 12, 1874, with George Green for worshipful master, Mat- thew E. Fitch for senior warden, and H. H. Freeman for junior war- den. The present officers are as follows: Worshipful master, Wil- liam H. Costen; senior warden, Arnold Munn; junior warden, James F. Fitch; secretary, Francis H. Johnson.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
Naomi chapter, No. 23, Order of the Eastern Star, was instituted under dispensation on September 12, 1879, and constituted under its charter on November 9, of the same year, with thirty charter mem- bers. Mrs. Ellen F. Thomas was installed worthy matron, and John N. Ensign, worthy patron. The number of members initiated into the chapter since its organization is 159. The following is a list of the past worthy matrons:
Mesdames Julietta Walker, Amelia M. Castle, Clarrisa C. Atwater, Irena A. Granniss, A. Jennie Shipley, Amelia P. Ensign, Sarah M. Burns, Julia A. Granniss, Sarah Tripp, Mary E. Starr, Flora A. Callender, Ella A. Reed, Nellie E. Candee.
The past worthy patrons are as follows:
John S. Castle, George L. Harrison, John D. Chatfield, Alfred J. Shipley, James H. Tripp, Henry W. Atwood, Elliott E. Candee.
The members who have held office in the Grand chapter are Mrs. Julietta Walker, past grand matron; John N. Ensign, past grand patron; Miss Julia A. Granniss, past grand matron; Mrs.
Sturges M. Ludel
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Amelia M. Castle, past grand Adah; Mrs. Jennie A. Shipley, past grand Esther; Mrs. Amelia P. Ensign, past grand Martha.
Mrs. Irena A. Granniss is one of the oldest members of the order in the state, having received the degrees from Robert Morris (the founder of the order) forty years ago, and has always been a zealous worker in the chapter. She is now seventy-six years old.
STURGES M. JUDD.
Sturges Morehouse Judd is a descendant in the seventh genera- tion from Deacon Thomas Judd, one of the original settlers of Waterbury. He was born in Danbury, February 6, 1809, and received a common school education. He worked on a farm until he became of age, and about 1831 went into the manufacture of horn and steel combs. In 1849 he removed to Norwalk, and in 1851 came to Waterbury, where he has since resided. In 1870, as agent of the United States government, he took the census of the towns of Waterbury and Wolcott. In 1876, the centennial year, he under- took the serious task of making a census of Waterbury on his own responsibility and at his own expense. He made use of blanks similar to those printed by the government, so that the census was a very full one. It gives the number of houses and families and the name, age and occupation of every person in the town. In 1883 and 1884 he made a record of all traceable burials in the cemeteries of Waterbury from the settlement of the town. He made two copies of this record, which were substantially bound and presented to the Bronson library.
Mr. Judd became a member of Harmony lodge a year or two after his coming to Waterbury, and has exhibited from that time until now an unflagging interest in all forms and degrees of Masonry. He was tiler of Harmony lodge and of the other Masonic bodies in this city for over thirty years. In 1883 he began the preparation of a list of the members of all the Masonic bodies of Waterbury from the time of their organization. This list contains the dates of each initiation, exaltation, reception and knighting; also the time and place of decease, the age and the place of burial, of all who died between 1797 and 1888, inclusive. Of this record also Mr. Judd had two copies made and substantially bound, one of which was placed in the archives of Harmony lodge, the other in the Bronson library.
On February 9, 1830, he married Aphia Sturdevant of Brookfield. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy. They cele- rated their golden wedding on February 9, 1880, and Mrs. Judd lied on July 16, 1886.
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JAMES E. COER.
James Edward Coer, son of William Henry and Mary Ann Coer, was born in Woodbury, July 5, 1843. He was educated in the Waterbury high school, and later engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigars.
Mr. Coer was a prominent member of the Masonic order. In 1864 he was made a Master Mason in Harmony lodge, and in 1876 was chosen Master of the lodge. He held the position of High Priest of Eureka chapter in 1872, and again from 1884 until his death. He was Thrice Illustrious Master of Waterbury council in 1874, and Prelate of Clark commandery in the same year. At the time of his death he was Grand Senior Deacon in the Grand lodge, Grand Principal Sojourner of the Grand chapter and also the representa- tive in Connecticut of the Grand chapter of California and the Grand lodge of Pennsylvania, as well as a director of the Masonic Temple association.
Although Mr. Coer never took an active part in its work he was for over twenty years a member of Nosahogan lodge of Odd Fellows. On September 19, 1872, he married Ellen C. Welton. Their children are Lucy Welton, James Edward, Margaret Leavitt, Bertha and Katharine.
Mr. Coer died December 1, 1890.
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MODERN FRATERNITIES.
Here, if not elsewhere, Masonry had the field all to itself until 1845. But in the meantime various " mutual benefit " organizations had come into existence in England and in America, such as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of Foresters, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Order of United American Mechanics; and in July, 1845, the first of these became established in Waterbury through the opening of Nosahogan lodge. No other fraternal organization enlisted enough interest in the community to lead to the opening of a lodge until a quarter of a century later, when the Knights of Pythias secured a strong foothold. The Order of United American Mechanics appeared in town in 1871, the Ancient Order of Foresters in 1874, and no other until 1880, when the Ancient Order of United Workmen appeared. In the mean- time, however, several societies representing loyalty to lands beyond the sea had been organized in Waterbury, and since the year last mentioned these and other fraternal, mutual benefit and protective organizations have multiplied, so that now their name is legion. During the half century following 1821-the year when Odd Fellowship was introduced into America-sixty-nine of the mutual benefit societies now represented in Connecticut came into existence; in the twenty years following-that is, between 1871 and 1891-the number of new societies in the state was 317. Of these Waterbury has had her full share. According to the "Seventh Annual Report of the Connecticut Bureau of Labor Statistics "-a document devoted almost entirely to mutual benefit societies-the organizations of this kind represented in Waterbury at the end of 1891 were fifty-four, and their membership was 5885. The distinct fraternities and unions enrolled in the present chapter number sixty-two.
In the following pages brief sketches of these fraternities are given, and of the lodges by which they are represented in Water- bury. Another large group of modern organizations-athletic and sporting and social clubs-has been disposed of elsewhere; those hat are placed on record in this chapter are chiefly of the "mutual benefit " order. We have divided them into three classes: first, the regular mutual benefit fraternities (in which the "fatherland " fraternities are included); secondly, insurance and investment organizations; thirdly, unions for mutual protection. In each group he fraternities or unions are arranged in chronological order, according to the date at which the parent organization was first ntroduced in Waterbury.
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THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
NOSAHOGAN LODGE, NO. 21, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was organized July 1, 1845 .* It was constituted of the following officers and members: William M. Pemberton, noble grand; Charles U. C. Burton, vice grand; Rufus E. Hitchcock, secretary; Henry Merriman, treasurer; and John S. Mitchell, Shel- don Collins, Henry Hayden, John Mullings, David S. Law, George W. Benedict, Charles Partree and George Pritchard. Until Septem- ber 13, 1848, the place of meeting was in Gothic hall; then, on the upper floor of the Waterbury Bank building until October, 1885; then, in connection with Townsend lodge, No. 89, and Ansantawae encampment, No. 20, in Odd Fellows' hall in Irving block, until October 15, 1895, when it entered the new building on North Main street.
Nosahogan lodge has been prosperous from the first, its member- ship and its funds constantly increasing. It has initiated over a thousand members since its organization, and its membership on January 1, 1895, was 620. It is in good financial condition and is the largest lodge in the state of Connecticut. +
Having enjoyed the benefits of Odd Fellowship for several years, a number of the members of Nosahogan lodge expressed a desire to advance further in the order. The opportunity was afforded through the organization of ANSANTAWAE ENCAMPMENT, NO. 20. This took place September 25, 1853, with the following original officers and members: David S. Law, chief patriarch; George W. Benedict, high priest; E. L. Savage, scribe; C. W. Johnson, treas- urer; Charles N. Upson, junior warden; Jonathan M. Andrus, George E. Waters, William H. Warner and James M. Wardell. The first place of meeting of the encampment was in the rooms over the Waterbury bank, and it afterward removed, with the two subordi- nate lodges, to Odd Fellows' hall. On January 1, 1895, it had initi- ated over 500 members, and it now has a membership of nearly 300. It has a good fund and is growing stronger in numbers as the years go by.
In 1871 a number of the members of Nosahogan lodge, believing that it would be for the good of the order to start another lodge in Waterbury, withdrew and organized TOWNSEND LODGE, No. 89. It was instituted, and held its first meeting, on January 1, 1872, in the hall over the Waterbury bank. Its original officers and members were: George W. Roberts, noble grand; Edward W. Smith, vice
· * For the name of this lodge see Vol. I, p. 16 and note.
+ For the Nosahogan Piscatorial association, see page IIII.
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